CS 3410 - Spring 2012

Computer System Organization and Programming

Instructor: Hakim Weatherspoon

Cornell University Computer Science Department, Spring 2012

Slide formats:
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Topic Readings from P&H Homework/Prelims Labs/Projects
1 T Jan 24 Intro [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain|]
   Lab0
(Due in Lab Section)
2 R Jan 26 Logic & Gates [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] Appendix C.2 and C.3, and Section 2.3  
3 T Jan 31 Logic Minimization, & Numbers [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]
2.4 (unsigned), 2.5, 3.2, C.5 HW1
(Due 02/06; 11:59pm)		 Lab1: ALU
(Due 02/06; 11:59pm)
FAQ for Lab1
4 R Feb 2 Arithmetic [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] 2.4 (signed), 2.5, 2.6, 3.2, C.6  
5 T Feb 7 State & FSMs [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]
C.7, C.8 (up to register files), C.10, C.11   Lab2: 8b/10b Encoder
(Due 02/13; 11:59pm)
FAQ for Lab2
6 R Feb 9 Memory [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] C.8 (register files), C.9    
7 T Feb 14 A Simple CPU [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]
2.16-20, 4.1-4 HW2
(Due 02/21; 11:59pm)		 PA1: Pipelined Mini-MIPS
(Design Doc Due 02/20)
(Project Due 03/05; 11:59pm)
FAQ for PA1
8 R Feb 16 CPU Performance & Pipelines [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] 1.4 & 4.5    
9 T Feb 21 Pipelined MIPS [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]
4.6    
10 R Feb 23 Data Hazards [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] 4.7  
11 T Feb 28 Control Hazards [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]
4.8 Prelim 1
12 R Mar 1 RISC & CISC & Assemblers [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] B.1-2, 2.8, 2.12;
& 2.16 and 2.17		    
13 T Mar 6 Calling Conventions [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] B.5-6, 2.8, 2.12 HW3
(Due 03/13; 11:59pm)		 PA2: Fully Pipelined MIPS
(Design Doc Due 03/12)
(WiP Circuit Due 03/16)
(Project Due 04/02)
FAQ for PA2
14 R Mar 8 Calling Conventions [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]      
15 T Mar 13 Linkers [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]
B.3-4 & 2.8 HW4
(Due 03/27; 11:59pm)
16 R Mar 15 Caches 1 [pptx|pptx/plainc/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] 5.1-2 (except writes)  
- T Mar 20 (Spring Break)
- R Mar 22 (Spring Break)
17 T Mar 27 Caches 1 [pptx|pptx/plainc/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]
     
18 R Mar 29 Caches 2 [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] & Prelim2 Review   Prelim 2  
19 T Apr 3 Caches 3 [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]
5.2-3, 5.5 HW5
(Due 04/10; 11:59pm)		 Lab3: Buffer Overflows
(Due 04/09; 11:59pm)
FAQ for Lab3
20 R Apr 5 Virtual Memory [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] 5.4 (up to TLBs)    
21 T Apr 10 Virtual Memory 2 [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]
5.4   PA3: FlameWar
(Design Doc Due 04/16)
(Project Due 04/23; 11:59pm)
FAQ for PA3
22 R Apr 12 Virtual Memory 3 [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] & Traps [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] (VM) 5.4
(Traps) 4.9, pp 509-515, B7 		   
23 T Apr 17 Multicore Architectures [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] 4.10-11, 7.1-6 HW6
(Due 04/24; 11:59pm)		  
24 R Apr 19 Synchronization [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] 2.11    
25 T Apr 24 Synchronization 2 [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]   Lab4
26 R Apr 26 Prelim 3 Review [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain] Prelim 3  
27 T May 1 Guest Lecture: Chris Batten
I/O [c/pdf]
6.5-6   PA4: Network Honeypot
(Design Doc Due 05/07)
(Project Due 05/16; 6:30pm)
FAQ for PA4
28 R May 3 Future Directions [pptx|pptx/plain|c/pdf|c/plain|g/pdf|g/plain]
- T May 8 (Study Week)
- R May 10
- T May 15 - F May 18  
NB: Schedule is subject to change.
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